So a few months back I deactivated my facebook account. This morning I received an email saying welcome back and states that I reactivated my account, then goes on to say that if I wasn’t the one that reactivated the account click on the security link. When doing that it wants me to login and change my password.
I stopped there thinking this might just be a trick Facebook is doing to get those who left from them to come back.
So, should I login and then go about deleting my account again or just ignore it? Maybe someone really did use my email and hack into my old account, but I can’t figure out why the info is still there if I deleted it long ago. Creepy!!! What should I do?
4 Answers
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Facebook always messes with people and their info. That’s what all the speculation has been lately if you haven’t seen it on the news within the past few months. I would delete my account completely if I was you. When you have a FB they pretty much own you.
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Any form of facebook-appropriate interest (alongside with linked money owed which incorporate Y!A, YouTube, or Twitter) will reactivate your account. it is likewise conceivable that your account has been hacked if all and sundry else had your password. Log lower back in, exchange your password, and click on the link I actual have provided. this could deliver a request to completely delete your account. Then for 2 weeks do not something facebook appropriate (alongside with clicking on any facebook paraphernalia on different web pages). After the two week term has surpassed that account would desire to be thoroughly deleted.
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Sounds like a phishing attempt more than anything. An attempt to get people to enter their Facebook password e mailed by criminals. Probably sent to hundreds of thousands of people via e mail.
Stolen Facebook credentials are a huge and profitable business worldwide.
“A Russian hacker who calls himself “kirllos” claims he can sell you 1,000 unsuspecting users’ login credentials for just $25, or $45 if the accounts have more than 10 friends each. The hacker is believed to have stolen the IDs of 1.5 million Facebook users…”
more…
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebook-accounts…
The general rule-of-thumb is to NEVER enter any usernames and passwords in any unsolicited e-mail.
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Never gave too much thought about that
